{"id":5511,"date":"2017-12-19T20:41:50","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T18:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=5511"},"modified":"2025-05-21T20:50:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T18:50:31","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=5511","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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                       History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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30\/12\/1979<\/td>Building contract<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
18\/2\/1980<\/td>Keel laid<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
25\/7\/1980<\/td>Launch<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
30\/3\/1981<\/td>Ship was named M\/S Finlandia by Tellervo Koivisto<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
30\/3\/1981<\/td>Delivered to Effoa (SHO). Helsinki, Finland.<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
1\/4\/1981<\/td>Helsinki – Stockholm route on Silja Line service<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
10\/1\/1981 – 10\/3\/1982<\/td>Build new bow on ship and  build more cabins and modified restaurants<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
1\/1985<\/td>Build new Conference rooms and Auditorium<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
31\/8\/1988<\/td>Sold to Suomen Yritysrahoitus Oy, continue Silja Line service<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
11\/5\/1990<\/td>Sold to DFDS A\/S. Refurbished on Cityvarvet, G\u00f6teborg<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
1\/6\/1990<\/td>Oslo – Helsingborg – Copenhagen route<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
1\/2000<\/td>Build new bow and sponsons on Remontowa, Poland<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
28\/6\/2001<\/td>Ijmuinde – Newcastle route<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
29\/5\/2007<\/td>Bergen – Haugesund – Stavanger – Newcastle route.<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
1\/9\/2008<\/td>UK – Norway route closed<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
3\/9\/2008<\/td>Laid up on Kors\u00f8r, Denmark for sale.<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
13\/2\/2009<\/td>Used as Hotelship on Oskarshamn, Sweden<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
16\/4\/2009<\/td>Fire on engineroom when ship was on Oskarshamn.<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
15\/5\/2009<\/td> As announced on 12 May 2009 an agreement was entered into to sell the passenger ship QUEEN OF SCANDINAVIA to foreign <\/span><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td> interests subject to payment of a deposit by Friday 15 May 2009. <\/span><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
20\/5\/2009<\/td>Agreement on sale of ship cancelled<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
19\/6\/2009<\/td>Laid up on Klaipeda<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td> <\/td><\/td><\/tr>
2\/12\/2009<\/td>Chartered to floating hotel accommodation during the upcoming COP-15 summit in Copenhagen<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
22\/12\/2009<\/td>Laid up on Fredericia , Denmark<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
1\/2010<\/td>Russian company St. Peter Line publish plan start operate St. Petersburg – Helsinki route on Queen of Scandianavia and<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td>rename ship Princess Maria. Route will opened  on April.<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
8\/2\/2010<\/td>charter of the passenger ship QUEEN OF SCANDINAVIA for a three year period from 15 April 2010. The agreement includes<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td>purchase options and all conditions precedent for the agreement have been fulfilled.   The charter agreement is entered into with Inflot<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td>Cruise and Ferry Ltd. headquartered in i St. Petersburg, Russia.<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
9\/4\/2010<\/td>Ceremony of reflagging was held on board of the m\/v Princess Maria, the Danish flag has been retreated and the Maltese flag was raised.<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
18\/4\/2010<\/td>From Fredericia to St.Petersburg where arrived 21th April<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
21\/4\/2010<\/td>St.Petersburg – Helsinki route<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
30\/10\/2011<\/td>St. Petersburg – Helsinki – Tallinn route<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
16\/1-3\/2\/2012<\/td>Drydocking<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
3\/2\/2012<\/td>St.Petersburg – Helsinki route<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
1\/1-28\/2\/2013<\/td>Docking and charters<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
1\/3\/2013<\/td>St.Petersburg – Helsinki route<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
17\/1-2\/2\/2014<\/td>Cruise St. petersburg – Sochi<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
2\/2\/2014<\/td>Stay as accommodation ship on  Sochi winter olympic games<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
23\/3\/2014<\/td>St.Petersburg – Helsinki route<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
11\/11\/2016<\/td>End of last voyage  from Helsinki to St. Petersburg.<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
11\/11\/2016<\/td>Delivered to Moby Spa. New name Moby Dada, Italian flag.<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
17-26\/11\/2016<\/td>Voyage from St. Petersburg to Livorno, Italy<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
 6\/2017<\/td>Nice – Bastia route<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
 20\/9-17\/11\/2017<\/td>Charter to Spain Goverment<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
 12\/2017<\/td>Operated Tirrenia <\/td><\/td><\/tr>
 12\/2017<\/td>Cagliari \u2013 Civitavecchia route.<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
 20\/10\/2018<\/td>Three hour black out at sea. <\/td><\/td><\/tr>
 19\/12\/2018<\/td>Many hours delay due to dirty fuel. <\/td><\/td><\/tr>
 19\/11\/2019<\/td> Black out and problems with main engines, 9 hours delayed<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td> <\/td><\/td><\/tr>
 1\/2024<\/td> Charter to Algerie Ferries.<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
 2\/2024<\/td> Marseille – Oran route.<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
 29\/7\/2024<\/td> Laid up at Alicanted after many technical failures.<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
 21\/9\/2024<\/td> Laid up at Genova.<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
 26\/11\/2024<\/td> Laid up at Livorno<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
 3\/2025<\/td> Sold to scrap.<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
21\/5\/2025<\/td>Last voyage from Livorno to Aliaga, Turkey<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Scrapped in Aliaga, Turkey<\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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